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((A wise choice.))
"To all those who are currently uncertain, the FNT has a comprehensive industrialisation plan, designed to make best use out of Chile's natural resources. We also have a plan for military reform, which necessitates the construction of a navy, so that the people may be protected from foreign imperialism."
Anselmo Galante
"To all those who are currently uncertain, the FNT has a comprehensive industrialisation plan, designed to make best use out of Chile's natural resources. We also have a plan for military reform, which necessitates the construction of a navy, so that the people may be protected from foreign imperialism."
Anselmo Galante
The vote stands at 10-9 and will close on time in an hour and a half, at 10:00 AM PST (or 6 PM GMT, as is often mentioned.)
The 1871 Presidential Election
While Chile had lively elections in the past, the nation had never seen one as tense or closely disputed as that of 1871. The only vote in living memory that came close to that of 1871 was the 1844 election, under the Chilean Second Republic, where Badajoz and the elder Zepeda had been separated by only a handful of electoral votes. This, however, was a different Republic and a different election and a different Zepeda and winning the Presidency was no longer a simple matter of persuading a few political elites one way or the other. The new doctrine of universal enfranchisement had ballooned the electorate under the third Republic to far greater sizes than it had been under the second, and the old tenets of radical nationalism and jingoism seemed to have lost much of their strength since the heydey of Second Republic, before any man had ever sought to call himself Emperor of the Andes.
The election was split into three nearly even and polar opposite factions: for the Republicanos, the Conservative Alejandro Cortez, for the FNT, Carlos Carnal, and for the Radicales, Mario Zepeda. After fierce primary battles for both Cortez and Carnal, a deeply divided Republicano base split between staunch support of their own candidate and defection to Zepeda; this split electorate finally gave the socialists an opening to elect Carnal. After a hard-fought campaign featuring both a whistle-stop tour of the nations factories and productive centers by Carnal and nation-wide tours and speeches by both Cortez and Zepeda, the election finally came to a vote. The result was near-complete deadlock. Carnal enjoyed support in the cities but nowhere else; Zepeda mainly drew support from the north of the country and Cortez from the south, with exceptions all around. The first tally in the electoral college was an even split of the nation's 305 electors, with 101 going to each candidate and two not reporting due to disputed election results in Santiago itself. The country held its breath as the electoral bodies tallied and re-tallied the results - headlines in the Red Star blazed with complaints about Republicano gerrymandering seeking to steal the election from the working man. The anarch agitators, under German, roared about the corruption of the government in all things and the farce of the deadlocked election, and the Imperialists slowly began to consolidate in Chile once again.
Finally, with the votes counted, the nation saw both electoral votes go to Carnal. Once again, the nation was plunged nearly into constitutional crisis. While individual elections were decided by first-past-the-post voting rules, any President must have a strict majority of electoral votes under the Chilean constitution. In the event of a non-majority, the Constitution said, all but the two candidates with the most electors must have a runoff - but, in the event of a tie for the second place, the electoral college must continue to choose between all three candidates. Thus, the nation was in deadlock - as without a majority there could be no President.
For more than it week, it seemed as if another civil war might be imminent. As the outgoing President De Santa Rosa urged calm, calls for a general strike rang out in the Red Star and the so-called "Red Guards" of the socialists readied their weapons. The militant Citizen Guards, under German, called for revolution as well, and the agents of the Imperalists began openly recruiting in the streets once again. For a while, it seemed that the 3rd Republic might well be at its end. Fortunately for all involved, this was not to be. In the eleventh hour, Alejandro Cortez stood aside in favor of coalition with Mario Zepeda, a move greeted with cheers of celebration by the Radicales and cries of foul from the socialists. Not everyone in the Republicanos rejoiced at the move and many electors defected to the socialist ticket, some out of true ideology and others merely out of spite. However, enough followed Cortez to break the stalemate, and final vote - 160 for Zepeda to 145 for Carnal, made Mario Zepeda the next President of the Chilean 3rd Republic. He came into power with a deeply divided government, both with Republicanos in his cabinet as part of a power-sharing agreement and with the well-known Socialist José Antonio Vargas as his Congreso-appointed Army Chief of Staff. Nevertheless, he was President, and the 3rd Republic's flag waved on.
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Thekinguter, I need your policies and appointments. Ministers can also state their policies after they're appointed. Remember you need the consent of the Army Chief of Staff to appoint your generals.
I'll give three days for this, or until 10 AM PST on the 26th. ((I don't want to require you guys to participate on Christmas is all.))
((Brilliant Update! Kudos to you, TH! 
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I want to congratulate both President-elect Zepeda and Minister Cortez for this great victory, and wish the best of luck to Senor Carnal!
With this, I prepare to pack my things and vacate the presidential mansion... Should you need my assistance, Senor Zepeda, I'll remain in Santiago for the remainder of this lame-duck period.
((Something tells me that this is going to be the result, roughly, for many of the elections to come...))
))I want to congratulate both President-elect Zepeda and Minister Cortez for this great victory, and wish the best of luck to Senor Carnal!
With this, I prepare to pack my things and vacate the presidential mansion... Should you need my assistance, Senor Zepeda, I'll remain in Santiago for the remainder of this lame-duck period.
((Something tells me that this is going to be the result, roughly, for many of the elections to come...))
Ok. BTW, who is the current Chief of Staff?
I thank everyone for their support, mainly Antonio De Santa Rosa who has proved to be a good councellor and friend.
I thank everyone for their support, mainly Antonio De Santa Rosa who has proved to be a good councellor and friend.
"I appreciate the gesture Senor Rosa, but know that the FNT's strength only enlarges from here. More factories, means more exploited workers."
-Senator Carlos Carnal
-Senator Carlos Carnal
"Although I do not wish to, I congratulate Zepeda on his victory. I hope that he thinks of a new name for his party, as a mainstream party can't really be called 'Radical'"
Anselmo Galante
Anselmo Galante
What are the available offices? Can I create an office of my own?
Mr. Galante I applaud your empathy. I believe that with the free market and free trade policies I will employ, our industrial area will prosper. I know the country is suffering from social and political upheaval and I will make my attempts to stabilize the country. I hope the republic lasts.
Mr. Galante I applaud your empathy. I believe that with the free market and free trade policies I will employ, our industrial area will prosper. I know the country is suffering from social and political upheaval and I will make my attempts to stabilize the country. I hope the republic lasts.
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The four standing offices are Minister of the Interior (which as you know is the most important; I think you're giving it to Cortez), Minister of State, Minister of War, and Minister of the Treasury. You can also appoint another Minister for a purpose of your choosing. For example, Romano during his Presidency appointed a Minister of Church and Culture, while De Santa Rosa appointed a Minister of the Navy. You also don't have to appoint a Minister if you don't want to. You can leave them vacant.
You can also appoint generals in whatever configuration you please provided the Army Chief of Staff concurs.
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That's what I need from you.
((I'm back from a 2 week+ long quest to register my game! Now I can happily get back to this AAR.... now I just need to figure out what's going on... so this may take awhile))
((Welcome Back! Good thing you got that fixed; we HATE it when people leave... *puts away machete*))